Location

Integrated Simulator Complex

Objectives

• Is to provide trainees with practical guidance and information using simulators to gain knowledge, understanding and proficiency required to achieve the objectives of the learning outcomes to demonstrate their competence in LNG tanker cargo and ballast handling, as set out in table A-V/1-2-2 of the STCW Code

Outcomes

The trainees who successfully complete the course should be able to demonstrate.  familiarization with cargo handling on board an LNG tanker during normal and emergency operations; a greater awareness of the need for proper pre-planning, the use of checklists and timescales involved in the various LNG cargo and/or ballast handling operations an enhanced awareness to apply proper and safe procedures at all times when carrying out the various operations on board an LNG tanker; an acquisition of experience in identifying typical cargo and/or ballast related operational problems ( and solving them) on board an LNG tanker; and  an improvement in the ability to make decisions which promote safety and protect the marine environment.

Course Contents

 Familiarization (Types of containment system- Pipeline arrangement and cargo/ ballast systems- Instrumentation and controls- Cargo pump and pumping operation) Ballast operation (General provisions (MARPOL, SOLAS, Load line, etc)- Ballasting- De-ballasting- Ballast water management system) LNG -Operation sequence overview (Cargo tanks drying and filling insulation spaces- Inerting- Gassing Up– Cooling down- Loading- (Loaded Passage- Pressure maintenance and boil-off management)- Unloading- (Ballast passage- Pressure maintenance and boil-off management))  Post-delivery (yard/dry-dock) pre- departure operations- Stripping and gas freeing (Final inspection stripping- Cargo tanks drying and filling insulation spaces warming up- Inerting- Aerating- Evacuating insulation spaces (membrane type only) Emergency Procedures (Emergency shutdown system (ECDS)- Cool-down (cargo tanks) emergency cargo valve operations- Emergency unloading)